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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2024
Applicant:
Enphase Energy, Inc., Petaluma, CA (US);
Inventor:
Raghuveer R. Belur, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Enphase Energy, Inc., Petaluma, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/46 (2006.01); G05F 1/67 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01); H02S 40/32 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/46 (2013.01); G05F 1/67 (2013.01); H02J 3/381 (2013.01); H02S 40/32 (2014.12); H02J 2300/26 (2020.01);
Abstract
A photovoltaic system is provided herein and comprises an array of photovoltaic modules, a plurality of microinverters coupled to the array of photovoltaic modules, and a controller configured to disconnect a primary microinverter from a microgrid during MPP curve sweep analysis, perform the MPP curve sweep analysis for the primary microinverter, and shift a pre-sweep load of the primary microinverter to other microinverters in the array of photovoltaic modules.